Loom.



E. S. WEBSTER.

LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED sIiPLzI. 1915.

1 l 83,930, Patented May 23, 1916.

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' To 4oallwltiom t may concern:

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEroE.

Be it known that I, EMMETT .WEESTER,

a citizen of lthe United Statesyresidi-nfgffat Mishawaka, in the county of St. Joseph and -State of tn'diana",` 'have .invented certain new and useful Improvements 'inf f-Looms,1yof which` the followingis `a specificatifon.YA The invention relates' to an improvement .in looms Vand more particularly .'t l'om adapted for operation' for the instruction of 'one Vdesiringto'be'taught weavingi" f The 'improved loom is adaptedthroughout for Imanual operation 'and Vadjustment` vl'and constructed witha view toienablin'gv the'fpupil' to understand the" diierent steps "inY the Iweaving process and toreafdily and'fc'onveniently control' the various operationsv to reduce'the `character of the weaveudsired; -In structure' the loom `inv"cr lvesf*'a frame supporting at opposite ends the warp`^beam and '1 cloth -ro'll frictionally held lag`a'rinst"{o]`g eration" except through manual controlA and the intermediate-h'arnes'sf and reed, and a fringe Aweaving support to be" us`ed"`inl forming fringe uponthefwo'ven'fabrio, thejharness consisting-"of a plurality of separately controlled heddle frames manually operated so thatby actuating said' heddle'frames in a predetermined order aparticular kind of weaving may be donelr f l The invention in the'preferred'form of details will be described in'f'the' 'following specification, reference 'being had particularly t0.. thaecwlspanyins d. Wings, in which: i" ""5" t i i."

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved loom; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 8-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

The improved loom comprises a main frame lhaving end uprights 2 and an intermediate harness frame 3 all of which may be of any usual or preferred construction.

Mounted between the end uprights 2 at one end of the frame is the warp beam 4, while a cloth roll 5 is mounted between the uprights at the opposite end of the frame. The shafts on which the respective beam and roll are mounted are provided at one end beyond one of the uprights with set screws 6 whereby the particular uprights may be brought into frictional engagement with the beam or roll so as to normally hold these parts against accidental rotation and Patented May 23, 1916.

Applicatonfrledeptember 27;`1915 .SeraINm 52,946.

permit them to bemanually turnedy byl thehand when desired. This insures a suffi- 'clently tight holding of the threads and yet permits a winding up of the completed fab` rio as'may be'found necessary.

Mounted in the harness frame-3 is the harnessv comprisingin this instance four independent heddle frames 7. The heddle frames" are provided with the customary yeyesthrough which the warp strands 8 of the; fabric are threaded and each heddle frame`=`is connected at'the opposite sidesof theiipper end with cables or cords 8 ywhich 'pass over rollers 9 appropriately mounted iinathe harnessframe and are both terminally connected to a depending cord or cablelO terminating in a hand hold, showny in the form of a ball 1.1.- The respective cables -102o`f the heddle frames are of dierent lengths so that the vballs are pendent in ``spaced relationto permit a particular one to be lreadily grasped and operated without interference.A The Aheddle frames are maintained in their inoperative or lowered position-by'coil springs 12 terminally secured to the` respective j ends of the bottom' of the frame and "centrally secured at 13 to the main frame. By the connection of the heddle frames as described the movement of the lieddle "under the pull on the particular cable 10"'will insureanfeven and regular movement of fsuch frame, both in its upper as well as in its downward movement, the latter being insured by the balanced action ofthe springs;

a harness frame isl the usual reed 14 mounted for the usual ,movement and needing no further detail described herein. The shuttle 15 is of thehand type, and the weft thread 16 wound on said shuttle is woven between the warp threads by hand, obviously by shifting the shuttle back and forth as is well understood.

For providing a fringe or the like upon the woven fabric I secure to one of the end uprghts 2 of the` main frame a reel 17 on which is wound a suitable length of Wire or other appropriate strand 18. This strand is passed from the reel 17 over the warp beam, between two of the heddles of the harness, and winds about the cloth roll. The strand 18 is spaced from the immediately adjacent warp thread, that is the edge thread a distance desired for the depth of the fringe, and is placed between the appropriate heddlesV as willk maintain i and ing guide is of course not raised and lowered by the harness and inthe weaving operation thelshuttle is passed over and around said Yfringe guide as said shuttle is moved back and forth providing a .thread projection` at the edge of the fabric in the form of loops which, severed or not as desired from rthe fringe. It isobvious of course the fringe of the guide may be located atuany desired 'distance from ythe immediately' adjacent i Warp thread to insure any .appropriate depth of fringe.

`The improved loom by properioperation of the heddles ofthe weaving may .be securedthroughthe use of two of the heddie frames, While for Weaving'double or tubular cloth the harness is operated vby manually actuatingthe harness inthe `following order. The first and second heddles,

ythe first, second and thirdvheddles, and the firstse,cond and fourthheddlesand repeat;

' -while for weavingtwill clotlrthexharness is operated in direct `sequence -as first, second, third and fourth and repeat.

The improved loom is designed-primarily for teaching weaving, and may be thus stated to be a schooly room loom, and its' essential .characteristics are the .means for maintainingaproper tension upontlie warp threads, through the frictional engagement of the thumb screws described, the selective and manual` operation of the heddle frames, and the fringe guide in the use of which a fringeof anydesired depth may be readily and conveniently secured.

lIn the essential features particularly 3 herein described it is to be understood that the usual structure of such parts asin ordi nary looms is employed. Y

leys mounted on said upper structure of the harness frame, one of said pulleys being mounted. adjacent the outer end of the eX- tended portion of said frame, and depending hand-pull terminals connected With each of said cables adjacent the end of said extended frame.

2. A hand loom involving a main frame, a harness frame mounted thereon having an upperstructure extending to one side of and beyond the main frame, a plurality of heddle frames arranged in the harness frame, means for returning and normally holdingthe heddles in a lowered position,k

independently operable cables connected to each ofsaid heddles and passing over pulleys mountedin said upper structure, one of said pulleys being disposed adjacent the end of the extended portion of said upper structure, and depending hand-pull terminals'connected with each of said cables to one side of and remote from the main frame. said terminals being of relatively different lengths whereby to relatively distinguish the heddles to facilitate selectiveoperation thereof.

In testimony whereof I aHix my signature in presence of two witnesses. y

EMMETT S. vWEBSTER. Vitnesses FRANCIS S. WRIGHT, GEORGE J; OLTsoH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained .por five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D; C. 

